Roric Harrison vs. Kent Mercker — Career Comparison

Roric Harrison
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kent Mercker
Gen XIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roric Harrison built a career as a starting pitcher and Kent Mercker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roric Harrison led in home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 64), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 91 vs 76), and strikeout rate (K%+ 84 vs 81). Kent Mercker held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 87 vs 81). Role difference aside, Roric Harrison holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Roric Harrison and Kent Mercker

Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.14
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.7
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.07
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
1.02
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.46
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.5
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.53
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.45
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.48
52.48
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.68
21.68
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.18
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
4.24
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
4.16
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
1770
27
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3976
27
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
590
9
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1325.1
9
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
590
9
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1307
8.88
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.69
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
1.05
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.92
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
607
4.12
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.32
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
4.87
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
6.23
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.976
0.976
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.41
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.37
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.21
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.22
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
2574
39.26
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5792
39.33
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.55
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.07
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
4.55
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
676
4.59
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.35
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.44
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.26
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.44
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.71
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.436
1.436
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2263
34.52
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5042
34.24
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.26
39.26
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Roric Harrison and Kent Mercker

Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.14
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.7
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.07
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
1.03
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
1770
27
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3976
27
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
590
9
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1325.1
9
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.58
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.36
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.96
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.07
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.62
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.55
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.54
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
1.43
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.28
95.28
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.54
92.54
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.721
0.721
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.82
21.82
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roric Harrison and Kent Mercker

Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
141
591.61
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
698
1485.11
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
143
600
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
282
600
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
124
520.28
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
527.66
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
62.94
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
59.57
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.17
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
42.55
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.59
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
10.64
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.26
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.17
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.13
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
37.76
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
17.02
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.78
36.83
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
6.83
14.53
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
151.05
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
85.11
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
92.31
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
82.98
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
46.15
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
25.53
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
50.35
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
38.3
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
71.33
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
61.7
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.51
14.71
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.57
-1.21
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.17
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
23.4
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
222.38
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
115
244.68
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.7
2.7
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.45
2.45
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
50.35
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
46.81
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.13
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.39
Kent Mercker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.13
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Mercker
Career
Per 600 PA